Logging hook



G. BCHER.

LOGGING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED Auw, 1920.

Patented my 18,1922,

@Mmm/@oz Gntfmed Be'her uri ('zrQlERl'ED BETCHER, OE PORTLAND, OREGON.

LOGGING HOOK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 192% Application led August 5, 1920. Serial No. 401,344.

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Be it known that l, Gorrnrnn BETCHER, a citizen oi Russia, residing at Portland, in

' the county ot Multnomah and State of Cregon, have invented certain new and useful i mprovements in Logging Hooks, oit which the following` is a specification.

My said .invention consists in `certain improvements in the details ot construction and arrangement of parts olf hooks or shackles intended .tor attaching the cable connected with the power apparatus with the load, such as requiredin logging operations, unloading hay, etc.. whereby such a hook is provided which may be very readily and conveniently connected `and disconnected with the load-carrying device and at the same time insure a connection that will not become accidentally disconnected or broken in use, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 isa sectional view through a hook or shackleembodying my saidinvcntion,

'Figure 2 an edge elevation thereot, and

Figure 3 a detail of the end ot the hook. and l Figure 4 a section on line -m ot Figure 3. Y

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the frame or housing, B the link for connecting` with the power, and C the hook for connecting with the load.

The trame or housing A is preferably composed of two sides spaced apart and secured together or formed all in one piece, substantially as shown. y

The link Bis mounted on a pivot 10 which extends through said housing and through the ends of said link and has thecable connected thereto which is connected to the motor or other power mechanism.

The hook C is mounted on a pivot 11 which extends through one side of said housing and at its other end is slotted and has a pivoted member 12 tor a purpose toV be presently described mounted on a pivot 13 therein. A pivoted latch 14 is mounted on a pivot 15 in housing A between the ends of said hook when in closed position. An operating lever 16 is mounted on a pivot 17v and connected by a connecting rod 18 with said latch, A s] ning 19 connected at one end with a pin 20, secured in the housing, and the other end `with a pin 2l,'securedin latch 14, servesto normal-lyhold said latch in open position,

In operation, the rings or links 2 eonnected with the load-carrying cable are mounted on hook C and the hook turned on itsV pivot 1l 'until its end-.carrying the meniberlQ extends within the housing, substantially as indicated by dotted lines at the left in Figure 1. Latch 14 is then thrown to a horizontal position so that its upper edge, as shown at the lett in Figure 1.,.will engage under the'catch Q19. on the inner end of hook C. The hook is thus locked and when thestrain comes upon said hook, the strain ot the downward pull on the end opposite pivot 11 is brought upon the `latch 14, the opposite end ot .which is forced under such strain to bear against-the inner side ot' the enlarged eye portion of the pivoted end of the .hook andthus said Ltree end is rigidlysupported by said latch against all such strain. The greater the load the heavier will be the strain increasing the security ot the lock effected by said member 14. The point ot member v14 at the same time forces pivoted meinberlQ outward to bear against the casing' and thus support hook C against spreading under the strain and at the same time permit sutlicient clearance between the end `ot the hook and the casing to allow freedom in operation. When the load has been brought to rest and the cable is slackened, then hook `C may be turned further inward on its pivot 11, as indicated by dotted line, and the latch 14 released through the medium ot lever 16, as will be readily understood.

By these means, a very secure and at the same time comparatively inexpensive hook is provided and rone that may be easily and conveniently operated.

Having thus tully described my said invention, what l claim as new and'desire to secure by Letters Patent. is:

l. In a device ot the character described, the combination of a housing, a hook mount-- ed therein and pivoted at one end, a pivoted member adapted to engage both ends of the hook and to support the hook at its free end, and means for operating said pivoted memn ber, substantially as set forth. f

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a housing, a hook piv oted at one end in said housing, a member pivoted in the free end of said hook, a latch member pivoted in said housing between the ends of said hook when in normally closed position, one end of said latch being adapted to engage with the catch on the closed hook and force said pivoted member outwardand the other end to rest against the opposite side of the closed hook, and means for operating said latch member', substantially as set forth.

3. A device ofthe character described comprising a housing, a pivoted hook in said housing, a supporting member pivoted inthe free end of said hook, av latch member pivoted in said housing and adapted to engagel at one end with said member and a catch on the hook and at the other end to rest against the other side of said hook, a spring for norvmallyholding said latch member open, and `a lever and connection for,` operating said latch member, substantially as set forth.

Lf. A device of the character described comprising a housing, a link pivotcd in said housing for connection with the power, a hook pivoted at one end in said housing and provided with a catch at its free end, a sup porting member pivoted between the ends of said hook ivhen in normalclosed position and adapted to engage under said catch, and means for operating said pivoted member, substantially as set forth. K V

In a device of the character described, the combination of a housing, a hook mounted therein and pivoted at one end, a pivoted member adapted to engage both endsv of the hook and to support the hook at its free end, an operating lever pivoted to the housing, a link connecting the operating lever with the said pivoted member and means for holding the free end of 'the hook spaced from the housing, substantially as set forth.

6. In a `device'of the character described, the combination of a housing, a hook mount ed therein and pivoted at oneend, a device attached to the free end of the hook for preventing the hook from spreading in the housing and also for holding the said end Vof the hoolr spaced from the housing, and

means to operate said device, substantially as set forth.

Y. In a device of the character described, the combination of a housing7 a hook mounted therein and pivoted at one end, a pivoted latch for engaging the other end of said hook, a member pivoted on the free end of the hook adapted at times to bear against the housing and prevent the hook from spreading, and means for operating thc said `latch member, substantially as set forth.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a housing, a'hoolr mounted therein and pivoted at one end, a pivoted latch for engaging the other end of said hook, a member pivoted on the free end of the hook adapted at times to bear against the housing and prevent Ythe hook from spreading, and means for operating the said latch member `to permit the said pivoted member to become disengaged from the housing and to permit the hook to be Withdrawn therefrom;r substantially as set forth. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand andseal at Portland, Oregon, this 15th day of duly, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty. h

GOTFRIED BETCI'IER. [Le] l" litnesses i ASHBY C. DIoKsoN, Do-ms KELLY, 

